Mission Mission

Brick & Mortar is fast becoming my preferred music hall. It’s so close to home, AND they’re hosting a lot of killer lineups! Give a quick listen to the new album by Cosmonauts, which is kind of surfy and kind of Velvet Undergroundy:

To buy tickets and read more about all the bands, see here.

To win tickets, tell us your best fuzz-related anecdote in the comments section below. Winner will be chosen based on merit and awarded a pair of tickets. Contest ends Thursday at noon.

Noise Pop 2012 was a pretty perfect festival experience — except for the fact that Big Freedia had to cancel her appearance. This show on Thursday night at Public Works is the official make-up, and it’s bound to be pretty perfect as well.

To win tickets, tell us your best Noise Pop 2012-related anecdote or your best sissy bounce-related anecdote in the comments section below. A winner will be picked based on merit. Contest ends this coming Wednesday at noon.

Buy tickets here.

in december, i was on percocet at debaser. in february, i cried at debaser. in april, i took a swing at a girl- at debaser. cant wait 4 sat!

— Lindsey (@Lahlahlindsey) June 8, 2012

Knock ‘em dead, Linds!

This weekend’s edition celebrates the year 1992. RSVP and invite your friends!

The mix is a little rough, but this is a blast to watch anyway:

Thanks again, Captain Morgan Black!

[via The Bay Bridged]

This is the third edition of this Wood Shoppe thing, a monthly free concert series at Brick & Mortar. Stay tuned for more.

In a new Believer interview, Hannah from Grass Widow, asked about where her band’s songs come from, talks a little about the Mission:

With “Disappearing Industries” … I work at a video store on Valencia Street, which I’ve worked at for about five years, and I’m a San Francisco native. And our city, like many cities in the U.S. is getting really gentrified, and there was just this moment when I was just walking down the street, looking at all the specialty novelty coffee places and whatever, and I felt sheer anger. I was like, “I want to paintball this whole street!” I’m from here and I feel like an outsider in my own town! So sometimes it’ll start with subject matter. It’s like, “I need to talk about this right now.” I’m walking down the street and feeling this sadness, and also thinking about entropy, imagining San Francisco two hundred years ago and imagining it two hundred years in the future.” So I brought that to rehearsal and the three of us synthesized it together. We sat around—we wrote some of the instrumentation and then wrote a bunch of lyrics to sum up what all three of us have to say, and then we read what we wrote and put it together in a way that felt good to sing.

Here’s the song in question:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbxiXu730qM

Much nicer than a bunch of broken windows! Read the rest of the interview here. Order the new Grass Widow album here.

Now let’s watch the unforgettable video for their unforgettable 2002 superhit “Move Your Feet”:

(Also, dang, I wish the park looked this good today.)

The Dennis Richmond Band, live at Sunday Streets!

(For those with a long Mission Mission memory, more here.)

If you’re too timid to make the trek out of the Mission tonight to check out Berlin ping pong at the Rickshaw, never fear, because there’s something for you at the Knockout instead!  Local faves Terry Malts (who even get to use their real name this time!) are joined by The Smell, Broonies, and Life Stinks for a rad night of rock & roll.  Sadly, Nu Sensae had to drop out at the last minute, but the rest of the lineup is sure to knock your socks off!  Come out and get weird!

RSVP and invite your friends here!